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Oct 27 2016 09:47pm
am i doing this right? im getting triple zeros on the bottom row... when I should be aiming for 0 0 1 on the bottom row...

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Oct 27 2016 10:53pm
I'm a little drunk right now but I'm gonna try to figure this out for you, gimme like 5 hours.
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Oct 27 2016 10:56pm
are you sure it has an inverse? i ran it through an online calculator and says doesn't exist
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Oct 28 2016 12:11am
To know if a square-matrix has an inverse, you should first calculate its determinant.

In your case, det A = 0.

A square-matrix has an inverse if and only if its determinant is an inversible element (ie : it's non-zero if you're working over R or C)..

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Quote (feanur @ Oct 28 2016 01:11am)
To know if a square-matrix has an inverse, you should first calculate its determinant.

In your case, det A = 0.

A square-matrix has an inverse if and only if its determinant is an inversible element (ie : it's non-zero if you're working over R or C)..


R or C?
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Oct 28 2016 07:33pm
Answer:
(pseudoinverse)
How to: https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-inverse-minors-cofactors-adjugate.html
Calculate determinant.
Create matrix of minors.
Turn matrix of minors into matrix of cofactors.
Transpose matrix of cofactors into adjugate.
Multiply adjugate by determinant of original matrix.
Inverse of original matrix is left.

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Oct 28 2016 07:38pm
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R or C?


i assume real and complex numbers
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Oct 29 2016 02:15am
Quote (carteblanche @ Oct 29 2016 02:38am)
i assume real and complex numbers


Yes.

As a counter-example, if you consider matrixes with integer coefficients, the condition to have an inverse turns to :
det A = 1 or det A = -1
(otherwise it could have an inverse with real coefficients, but not all of them would be integers).
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Oct 30 2016 10:56am
so no inverse for that matrix
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